The cuts will be concentrated in manufacturing operations in San Jose and Ottawa, Ontario.
Two-thirds of the cuts will affect non-manufacturing operations, while the remainder will involve plant closings.
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Abbott has manufacturing operations around the world, and a strong U.S. dollar has historically favorably impacted costs too.
The company is to close its manufacturing operations in Scotland and Germany and transfer the work to the Czech Republic.
However, Oclaro is still evaluating the broader supply chain implications of the flooding in Thailand across its entire manufacturing operations.
Both Caterpillar and Deere are investing in manufacturing operations in the country to better target its fast-growing construction equipment market.
Drive to the south and you see apartment buildings reaching skyward, surrounded by stores, small manufacturing operations and the occasional factory.
Pidilite now has 14 overseas subsidiaries with manufacturing operations in the U.S., Brazil, Thailand, Dubai, Egypt and Bangladesh.
The valley responded by revamping its own manufacturing operations, outsourcing many of them, and by diversifying into other areas, particularly computer software.
It says Volvo will be run as an autonomous entity, headquartered in Sweden, at arm's length from Geely's manufacturing operations in China.
Wheel manufacturing operations will continue with an additional investment of 10 million US dollars to allow production of 14-inch, high strength, light weight, steel wheels.
Not only are American companies returning their manufacturing operations to the U.S. from places like China, but European and Asian firms are joining the party.
On October 7, 2008, AMD publicly announced plans to spin off its manufacturing operations and to receive an investment from another entity in Abu Dhabi.
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Many of those companies have manufacturing operations in the United States.
Tableware manufacturer Dudson, which employs 400 people at its factory in Tunstall, has recently taken on 12 new workers in manufacturing operations, ceramics and business administration.
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Advanced technology companies in the region that have been moving their manufacturing operations to China are now relocating their research, development, and innovation operations there as well.
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Their store in New York's Soho is one of dozens vying for fashionista attention, while their manufacturing operations in Seoul are looked down on by other labels.
The company has set up large scale manufacturing operations for diapers in countries like China and is scaling up its sales channels in other South Asian regions.
While the primary goal was to reduce the IT cost of running our Dell factories, the second goal was to drive business process consistency across our manufacturing operations.
However, the company has learned, says Michael Pessina, its vice-president of manufacturing operations, that too many choices, and too much flexibility, create problems for both customers and company.
Cooper believes stabilizing raw material costs, flexible manufacturing operations, profitable investments and competitive labor agreements will help it improve results moving ahead despite of the headwinds faced by the industry.
But with many exporters running big manufacturing operations in the region - and thanks to a particularly strong existing aid relationship with Sri Lanka - the tsunami crisis is different.
In order to enhance the efficiency of Sony's manufacturing operations relating to its digital imaging business, the manufacture of interchangeable lenses and lens blocks currently being conducted at Sony EMCS Corp.
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Chinese solar panel makers, who rose to prominence after expanding their manufacturing operations quickly in the past six years, have become targets of trade complaints in the United States and Europe.
An expert in manufacturing and logistics, he closed down almost all of Apple's manufacturing operations after he arrived at the firm in the late 1990s and outsourced much of these to Asia.
The reduction reflects the suspension of operations at two plants: Shin-Etsu Chemnical has stopped manufacturing operations at its facility in Shirakawa, while MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) has shut its Utsunomiya facility.
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"If we can make it a reasonable wait for customers to get the exact car they want, we are going to generate more business, " says Gary Convis, executive vice president of Toyota's North American manufacturing operations.
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